公安

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (公安)		公	安
simp. #(公安)		公	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-ôn
• Eastern Min (BUC): gŭng-ăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-an

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ ang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-oe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong-an
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-an¹
    • Yale: gūng-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongan
    • Palladius: гунъань (gunʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ on¹
    • Yale: gūng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ on^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ on²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-ăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-an
    • Tâi-lô: kong-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kong'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ ang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-oe
    • MiniDict: kon^平 oe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-oe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ ø²¹/

Noun

公安

1. public security; police (in mainland China)

   公安機關／公安机关  ―  gōng'ān jīguān  ―  public security agency

   公安條例／公安条例 [Cantonese]  ―  gung¹ on¹ tiu⁴ lai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  Public Order Ordinance (of Hong Kong)

   • 1912 March 2, “大總統令內務司法兩部通飭所屬禁止刑訊文”, in 臨時政府公報, volume 27, page 581:

     刑罰之目的，在維持國權，保護公安。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     刑罚之目的，在维持国权，保护公安。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     Xíngfá zhī mùde, zài wéichí guóquán, bǎohù gōng'ān. [Pinyin]

     The aim of punishment is to uphold the political power of the state and protect public security.

2. public security officer; police officer

Usage notes

• Whilst 公安 refers to the PRC's police force in mainland China, equivalent institutions outside of mainland China are usually referred to as 警察 (jǐngchá).

Derived terms

• 公安局 (gōng'ānjú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公安):

• → Japanese: 公安(こうあん) (kōan)
• → Korean: 공안(公安) (gong'an)
• → Vietnamese: công an (公安)

Others:

• → Khmer: កុងអាន (kongʼaan) (via Vietnamese)
• → Zhuang: gungh'anh

Proper noun

公安

1. (～縣) Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
2. (～鎮) Gong'an (a town in Zhongshan, Hezhou, Guangxi, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	安
こう Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (kōan) 

1. public safety
2. police officers responsible for matters of national security and counter-intelligence.

Proper noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (Kōan) 

1. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	安

Noun

公安 • (gong'an) (hangeul 공안)

1. hanja form^? of 공안 (“PRC police; public safety”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	安

Noun

公安

1. chữ Hán form of công an (“public security”).